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Protect your firm with document destruction service from the leader in information security.

Law firms are warehouses of confidential and private information. It’s a necessity of the profession. But with numerous high-profile breaches in recent years, how firms collect, store, and destroy that information is coming under increased scrutiny.1 And while many firms have taken strident and effective steps to safeguard their confidential information, many have not.

Protecting your law firm from the risk and penalties of an information security breach means more than just protecting your client’s documents. If you have financial reports, human resource forms, or payroll statements, your firm could be at-risk of fines, lost revenue, and the loss of reputation should any of your confidential information get into the wrong hands.

MILLION

was stolen from UK law firms from 2014-2016.

UK Courts and Justice sector experienced a

290%

increase from 2014-2016.

Source: https://www.egress.com/en-US/news/ico-data-march-2017

“It won’t happen to us. We’re under the radar.”

In many ways, law firms are the perfect target.

Most, if not all, firms possess thousands of personally identifiable records, and in many instances, vast amounts of detailed personal information; whether that of their clients, employees, or parties and witnesses in litigation. How your information is collected, stored, handled, and destroyed can make-or-break your firm’s information security.

Up to 28% of information breaches are caused by employee error or negligence.2

It’s not just you that you have to worry about. In an industry that relies on privacy and confidentiality, the reality is that many information breaches happen not because of you but because of error, negligence or poor judgement of your employees!
You may be doing everything you can but one employee, casually dropping a deposition into the recycling, can undo everything. With a quarter of your risk coming from inside, you need to ensure your partners, your clerks, your interns, and all other employees know how to identify, handle, and securely dispose of confidential information – whether that information belongs to your clients or your law firm.

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McMahon Law Office LTD

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Mann Lawyers LLP

Learn to recognise the risks.

Most people fail to identify confidential information correctly. While obvious things like depositions or complainant filings are quickly flagged, equally common items like a non-disclosure agreements or demand letters might be missed.

If you create, collect, or dispose of these types of documents, you and your firm could be at-risk of an information breach.